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Does anybody other than me use a 4" paint roller to paint woodenware? I tried this method and love it. For tops and bottoms its a quick easy method. For boxes I stack them upside down and I can get the inside do the handles pretty easily. This has saved me a lot of time when compared to a paint brush! I love my mini roller!!! :-DBailey

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most often i find my greatest source of stress to be OPS ( other peoples stupidity )

It is better to keep ones mouth shut and be thought of as a fool than to open ones mouth and in so doing remove all doubt.

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You using an airless sprayer Scott? Thought about using one but hate the noise and I'm deaf enough as it is. The roller does pretty good with 2 coats. One to seal wood then another to thicken the paint layer. Glad your back online and hope your luck turned to the better!! Bailey

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most often i find my greatest source of stress to be OPS ( other peoples stupidity )

It is better to keep ones mouth shut and be thought of as a fool than to open ones mouth and in so doing remove all doubt.

I also spray paint but then I let everything sit for at lease a month with two weeks outside. No reason for the drying process just that what I do. (I like to get the sun on the new paint before the bees get to into them.) -Mike

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.Listen to others but make your own decisions. That way you own the results..Please remember to read labels.

Man Scott, all those things sound the same. Pile them up and have at it. I dial mine down so they don't run. So then I have to get them a couple extra coats. It helps to have a cooler close by too.I do try to wear a mask, where's yours?

In the past I painted with a roller, but this year I am planning to spray them. When I painted with a roller and didn't have something to separate them they would get glued together. Do you have similar problems when spraying? Or you have a trick that works slick.

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Ron Babcock

"I believe the good that men do, will live long after they gone." ~Mr. Fox Haas

BabcockFarms, when I spray I put a toothpick in each corner for separation. I have had some minor amount of paint on the top and bottom of the boxes but no paint has ever gone inside or even half way (note I spray up and down, never directly at the cracks.) -Mike

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.Listen to others but make your own decisions. That way you own the results..Please remember to read labels.

I see I'm not the only one to discover the little rollers. I don't have alot of hives, but not a fan of painting.Using the small roller does a super job in no time at all. In my case, I spend more time in preparation than I actually do painting.

Toothpicks is what I used last year. My mistake was not driving into town to pick some flat ones. I used the box of round ones I had in the kitchen and the hive bodies were going all over the place like a circus act. LOL Lesson learned

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Ron Babcock

"I believe the good that men do, will live long after they gone." ~Mr. Fox Haas

New at the whole Beekeeping thing but have been a contractor for years. In my experience, go with a 4" cigar roller to get the paint on and then have someone else come right behind you to brush it out... Its called laying it down. Makes a smoother finish, but i wouldnt use my sprayer because although it coats it fast, it does not obtain the same MIL thickness as a roller will....It would take two or three coats with the sprayer to get the same protection that the roller will give. Roller= longer life for your boxes. 8-)

Jim if you get the dipping station going let me know. I would pay you to let me dip my boxes. I have 40 to start on tomorrow I normally use a 4in roller. I take a long 4x4 and put it on some saw horses. Then put the boxes through the 4x4 so you can just turn the boxes to get all four sides. On a nice day by the time I get to the end the first one is ready for the next coat.

New at the whole Beekeeping thing but have been a contractor for years. In my experience, go with a 4" cigar roller to get the paint on and then have someone else come right behind you to brush it out... Its called laying it down. Makes a smoother finish

Hahaha :-D

For five summers I worked helping painting and wallpapering when I was in school.

Still cant stand it when I see that some one has not brushed out there paint and it looks like a stormy sea. :drowning: Not that i really maters on my poly hives, the painting is just sunscreen, but I still have to do a good job :brian:

He you can see a way to paint boxes without bending and getting paint, on your hands, multiple boxes and boards will make it easy to spin them around to paint all sides. A roller might speed things up.